Log in to Zoom via SSO fails
Introduction
Logging in to Zoom (version 5.13.7) via my university's SSO fails because of a faulty authentication URL.
Specs
OS Archlinux 5.15.93-1-lts |
Zoom version 5.13.7 |
Firefox 110 |
Problem and solution
When logging in via SSO and entering uva-live.zoom.us in the dialogue box, Zoom spits out a faulty url which Firefox (if that is indeed your default browser) cannot resolve, failing with the message Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.
The url looks as follows
https://uva-live/saml/login?[and a whole lot of other stuff]
Clearly, this is not a valid address as this does not designate a domain name. Simply, changing uva-live in the url to uva-live.zoom.us will solve the problem:
https://uva-live.zoom.us/saml/login?[and a whole lot of other stuff]